Trail trash prompts calls for environmental reforms

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Oversights in how Anne Arundel handles land acquisition has left the county cleaning up tons of illegally dumped plastic and elected officials calling for reform.

“We had ownership of property and failed to do due diligence of what was on the ground,” said County Councilman Jamie Benoit, D-District 4, who called on the county auditor to probe the acquisition of land for the WB&A Trail in Odenton.

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